Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past
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STARADVERTISER / OCTOBER 10, 1977
Kay Goodrich, left, and Mary Price have joined forces to run the Second Hand Rose Thrift Shop on the corner of First and Waialae avenues in Kaimuki. Goodrich, Irish born and English educated, teaches classes on fashion and used to run the thrift store at Fort Shafter. Price previously was secretary to state Sen. John Leopold. She said she had known two women in California who opened a thrift store in an old house, saving money by living upstairs, and Price had wanted to get a store like it going ever since.2/7
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STARADVERTISER / MARCH 29, 1985
Hiroshi and Takeshi Kanekuni and their father, Masao Kanekuni, watch Christopher Mew, 11, try his skill at a Japanese game of kendama, where the player tries to maneuver the ball, attached by a string, into the cup. The younger Kanekunis were among the winners in Japan of a national art contest sponsored by the Japan Bread Manufacturing Association. They played with local children at McCoy Pavilion at Ala Moana Regional Park.3/7
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STARADVERTISER / APRIL 17, 1955
Double of almost everything is needed to accommodate the Estores household of Fort Kamehameha. Sgt. 1st Class Sofronio Estores and his wife’s family consists of 17 children. Their ages range from a 2-month-old boy to a 21-year-old son in the Army on the mainland.4/7
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STARADVERTISER / JUNE 16, 1959
Prospective homeowners line up to view houses in the Enchanted Lake Estates development in the Keolu Hills area of Kailua. Some 20,000 people toured the four model homes set up at the development site.5/7
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STARADVERTISER / MARCH 2, 1969
Hikers make their way up the slope of Diamond Head on a trail carved by the Army during World War II.6/7
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STARADVERTISER / APRIL 3, 1961
The corneascope, an electronic photographic instrument that aids contact lens diagnostic and fitting procedures, is now in use at the Vent-Air office in Honolulu.7/7
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STARADVERTISER / JANUARY 14, 1991
Aikahi Elementary School first graders flank teacher Barbara Romig during her lesson on how Arabic script figures in Saudi art and design.
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